Earthquake Damage to Railroads

W. G. Byers Collection: 2001 India

	Image-B3201 Left: Bridge 161 over Little Rann of Kutch (looking south) and settlement behind north abutment. Right: Bridge bearings shifted a short distance on some piers.
	Image-B3202 Bridge No. 245 (meter gauge) near Samakhiali.
	Image-B3203 Bridge No. 245 (meter gauge) near Samakhiali - Temporary repairs.
	Image-B3204 Bridge no. 261 - Failed spandrel walls and displaced stones in arch ring due to abutment movement.
	Image-B3205 Bridge 261 (meter gauge). Repairs to arch ring: joints grouted, temporary support.
	Image-B3206 Bridge No. 271. Failure of spandrel wall and separation of wing wall on opposite side of tracks.
	Image-B3207 Broad Gage [Standard gauge] Bridge No. 48 near Bhuj: (a) General view of bridge, (b) Cracked joints in arch, (c) Falsework. Bridge was originally built as meter gage, widened with cast-in-place concrete extensions on both sides. Earth pressure against spandrel walls opened joints next to stones bonded to new concrete.
	Image-B3208 Pier with cracked mortar joints repaired by epoxy grouting and cast-in-place concrete repairs. Broad gauge Bridge No. 290.
	Image-B3209 Pier with cracked mortar joints repaired by epoxy grouting.
	Image-B3210 Pier with crack in horizontal mortar joint stabilized with rails set in concrete.
	Image-B3211 Concrete pedestals supporting viaduct cracked and shifted. Viaduct was temporarily supported on "Christchurch cribs." Left: Station and pedestrian viaduct over yard at Samakhiali. Right: Detail of viaduct damage.
	Image-B3212 Left: Embankment settlement and cracking between Bhachau and Chirai. Right: Track has been raised on excess ballast to compensate for settlement.
	Image-B3213 Destroyed train depot on the left and temporary depot at Bhatiya on the right.
	Image-B3214 Railway owned employee housing and temporary shelters at Bhatiya.
	Image-B3215 Damage to train station at Morbi Junction.
	Image-B3216 Left: Temporary repairs to stone masonry arch bridge, built in 1912. Right: Damage to another railway masonry arch bridge.
	Image-B3218 Beginning of approximately 1 km of track settlement due to liquefaction on Dahinsara-Navlakhi line near Navlakhi Port. (Rails have been removed.) Line was reconstructed on new alignment.

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